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Yup'ik RavenMarshall Cultural Atlas

This collection of student work is from Frank Keim's classes. He has wanted to share these works for others to use as an example of Culturally-based curriculum and documentation. These documents have been OCR-scanned. These are available for educational use only.

 

 

 

 

Nick's New Experience

 

On the 7th of January after Russian Xmas, the day after church services, Nick Isaac, his wife, Oxie, two children, Dennis and Katrina, traveled to Kwethluk with his dad, Alexander, and brother, Jacob, on another snowmachine. Dennis and Katrina were wrapped in sleeping bags in the sled.

They first rode up to Ohogamiut, then across the river through portages, sloughs, lakes, hills and through a valley until they came to the tundra. They used the old dog team trail his father knew. It took them eight hours to go over and another eight hours to come back.

They stayed in a village called Akiachak and went across to Kwethlukto attend church services. During the morning and evening they attended the church services at Kwethluk. After they were over Nick took a maqi, and he said the men at Kwethluk wanted to cook' a Yukon man.

They stayed in Kwethluk for one night and the next day they went back over to Akiachak. Nicks cousin John W. George was kind enough to bring Nick and his family to Kwethluk and back to Akiachak with his truck.

When he was in Kwethluk he became a Sub Deacon. He said this was done in the morning before the Divine Liturgy. He had to approach the Russian Orthodox Bishop with two Sub Deacons one on each side of him. The Bishop laid his hands on Nick's head and read prayers. Then he cut pieces of his hair in the form of a cross and made him read from a chapter in the Bible called the Epistles.

In Akiachak Nick and his family went starring. He said they were so strict there the kids weren't allowed to go in or out of the houses. They were to be quiet and behave. Only the elders, singers and strangers ate at the table and the rest of the people ate while standing or sitting on the floor. There were a lot of singers there, and it made him feel like he was in heaven on earth with all the voices. Everyone was into singing.

Nick said he would like to go over to the Kuskokwim for Slavik again sometime. "It's a real good experience because it's different and the singers are LOUD," he commented.

By: Nick Isaac
Interviewed by: Carmen Pitka

Nick's New Experience

 

Donna's Vacation Down States

- Donna Best/Tanya Peter

Terri's Fishing Trip

- Terri Manumik/Chris Fitka

Andy's Christmas Vacation

- Andy Boots/John Tikiun Jr.

Gail Fitka's Vacation

- Gail Ann Fitka/Gerilyn Fitka

Clara's Busy Vacation

- Clara Shorty/Olga Moxie

Nick's New Experience

- Nick Isaac/Carmen Pitka

Roger's Anchorage Vacation

- Roger Adams/Fred Alstrom

Richard Olsen's Xmas Vacation

- Richard Olsen/Theresa George

Franks Trips

- Garrett Evan

Angeline's Christmas

- Angeline Coffee/Ben Peteroff

Leland's New Mexico Vacation

- Leland Roundy/John Tikiun

  

Student Stories

 

Tales by Parents

 

Tales by the Elders

 

Staff Stories

  

If I were...

 

The Christmas of my Dreams

 

Christmastime Tales
Stories real and imaginary about Christmas, Slavik, and the New Year
Winter, 1996
Christmastime Tales II
Stories about Christmas, Slavik, and the New Year
Winter, 1998
Christmastime Tales III
Stories about Christmas, Slavik, and the New Year
Winter, 2000
Summer Time Tails 1992 Summertime Tails II 1993 Summertime Tails III
Summertime Tails IV Fall, 1995 Summertime Tails V Fall, 1996 Summertime Tails VI Fall, 1997
Summertime Tails VII Fall, 1999 Signs of the Times November 1996 Creative Stories From Creative Imaginations
Mustang Mind Manglers - Stories of the Far Out, the Frightening and the Fantastic 1993 Yupik Gourmet - A Book of Recipes  
M&M Monthly    
Happy Moose Hunting! September Edition 1997 Happy Easter! March/April 1998 Merry Christmas December Edition 1997
Happy Valentine’s Day! February Edition 1998 Happy Easter! March/April Edition 2000 Happy Thanksgiving Nov. Edition, 1997
Happy Halloween October 1997 Edition Edible and Useful Plants of Scammon Bay Edible Plants of Hooper Bay 1981
The Flowers of Scammon Bay Alaska Poems of Hooper Bay Scammon Bay (Upward Bound Students)
Family Trees and the Buzzy Lord It takes a Village - A guide for parents May 1997 People in Our Community
Buildings and Personalities of Marshall Marshall Village PROFILE Qigeckalleq Pellullermeng ‘A Glimpse of the Past’
Raven’s Stories Spring 1995 Bird Stories from Scammon Bay The Sea Around Us
Ellamyua - The Great Weather - Stories about the Weather Spring 1996 Moose Fire - Stories and Poems about Moose November, 1998 Bears Bees and Bald Eagles Winter 1992-1993
Fish Fire and Water - Stories about fish, global warming and the future November, 1997 Wolf Fire - Stories and Poems about Wolves Bear Fire - Stories and Poems about Bears Spring, 1992

 

 
 

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